Meaning it's the sense in which a word is used, which can have several interpretations depending on the context in which it is inserted, is the understanding, the understanding, the meaning.
The meaning of the word can be proper or figurative. In the phrase “The man was dying of hunger”, in the figurative sense, the interpretation would be that the man was very hungry. In the proper sense, the understanding would be that man was dying because he was not eating. The word dying would be interpreted literally, that is, in its proper meaning.
The meaning of the word idiot, over time had its meaning changed. It was used to designate that person who did not hold public office, today it means fool, goofy.
The word layman, originally, referred to those people who were not part of any sacred order, today in the figurative sense, it indicates anyone who is foreign to a certain subject.
The term chuchu is used, figuratively, to designate a loved one. In its proper sense it is an edible vegetable produced by the plant of the same name.